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EPPP PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS GRADED A+
u As defined in the DSM-5, the essential feature of Delirium is:
a) impaired ability to transfer information from short- to long-term memory
b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
c) a disturbance in psychomotor behavior
d) disorientation - b) a disturbance in attention and awareness
The concept of triangulation is central to general systems theory and can be found in the work of Bowen,
Minuchin, Satir, and others. Although these theorists differ somewhat in their definition of triangulation,
in general, it is said to be occurring when:
a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a third party
b) to reduce tension between them, the members of a two-person system focus their attention to a third
party
c) to avoid dealing with the conflict between them, a two-person system forms an alliance against a third
person
d) to reduce conflict, two members of a three-person system assume a submissive role when interacting
with the third dominant member - a) to reduce tension between them, a two-person system draws in a
third party
A researcher investigating implicit memory will most likely use which of the following tasks?
a) free recall
b) paired-associate
c) word-stem completion
d) verbal recognition - c) word-stem completionW
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been implicated in both long-term potentiation and the
"excitotoxicity" that is believed to underlie several neurodegenerative disorder?
a) serotonin
,b) acetylcholine
c) norepinephrine
d) glutamate - d) glutamate
A researcher conducts a study to compare three different strategies for increasing students'
understanding of statistics. After administering each strategy to a different group of students, she
realizes that students with the highest level of math aptitude were accidentally assigned to Strategy #1.
Consequently, to compare the statistics knowledge test scores obtained by participants in the three
groups, the researcher should use which of the following statistical techniques?
a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
b) randomized block ANOVA
c) multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
split-plot ANOVA - a) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
Regarding self-assessments that are utilized to promote organizational development, what is key when
implementing the findings?
a) stakeholders of the organization are included in the discovery process
b) lower level management of the organization is included in the discovery process
c) only the CEO and executive officers should be included in the discovery process
d) only management should be included in the discovery process - a) stakeholders of the organization
are included in the discovery process
Scores on a predictor that will be used to estimate job performance rating range from 0 to 200. If the
predictor's cutoff score is raised from 130 to 150, this will have which of the following effects?
a) increase the number of true positives
b) increase the number of true positives and true negatives
c) decrease the number of false positives
d) decrease the number of false positives and false negatives - c) decrease the number of false positives
You are asked by the court to evaluate a 70-year old woman to help determine her competence. She is
apparently disoriented and confused and has substantial memory loss. You have recently taken a
weekend workshop on the use of a new computerized assessment technique for people with symptoms
, like those exhibited by this woman, and you feel this method of assessment would be especially valid in
this situation. Further, you had taken the workshop specifically because you want to expand your
practice by being qualified to conduct competency-related evaluations for the court. Your best course of
action would be to:
a) use the program to assess the woman
b) use the program to assess the woman but, when testifying in court, discuss the potential limitations of
your conclusions
c) use the program to assess the woman but confirm your conclusions before testifying by consulting
with the developer of the assessment technique
d) - d) refer the woman to someone who is more familiar with this type of evaluation
The assessment of patients with Alzheimer's disease is an ongoing process due to the degenerative
nature of the disease and the consequent need to alter the nature of the treatment plan. During the 4th
or 5th years of the disorder, an assessment is most likely to find which of the following?
a) deficits in new learning with remote memory mildly to moderately impaired; anomia; sadness
b) severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or irritability;
restlessness
c) severe impairments in memory and executive functioning; motor rigidity; confusion and delusions
d) severely disturbed intellectual functioning; limb rigidity and flexion posture; apathy; seizures - b)
severe impairments in recent and remote memory; fluent aphasia; indifference or irritability;
restlessness
A transactional leader is LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements:
a) employee behavior is goal directed and employees will act rationally to achieve their goals
b) contingent rewards are effective for motivating good performance
c) the best idea for a boss is to adopt a laissez-faire leadership style
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given personal attention -
d) each employee will function best if he/she is viewed as an individual and is given personal attention
A researcher wants to investigate the effects of a brief treatment for a group of 10 therapy clients before
and after the treatment is applied. She will measure symptom severity three times at regular intervals
before administering the treatment to the clients and then three times at regular intervals after the
clients complete the 10 sessions. The researcher is using which of the following research designs?
a) multiple baseline
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